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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/driver.c23
-rw-r--r--include/driver.h5
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index dc2df91522..1f4031ac9a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -75,6 +75,21 @@ int get_free_deviceid(const char *name_template)
};
}
+int device_probe(struct device_d *dev)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = dev->bus->probe(dev);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(dev, "probe failed: %s\n", strerror(-ret));
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ list_add(&dev->active, &active);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int match(struct driver_d *drv, struct device_d *dev)
{
int ret;
@@ -86,13 +101,9 @@ static int match(struct driver_d *drv, struct device_d *dev)
if (dev->bus->match(dev, drv))
goto err_out;
- ret = dev->bus->probe(dev);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(dev, "probe failed: %s\n", strerror(-ret));
+ ret = device_probe(dev);
+ if (ret)
goto err_out;
- }
-
- list_add(&dev->active, &active);
return 0;
err_out:
diff --git a/include/driver.h b/include/driver.h
index f8d815c619..a085981740 100644
--- a/include/driver.h
+++ b/include/driver.h
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ struct driver_d {
int register_driver(struct driver_d *);
int register_device(struct device_d *);
+/* manualy probe a device
+ * the driver need to be specified
+ */
+int device_probe(struct device_d *dev);
+
/* Unregister a device. This function can fail, e.g. when the device
* has children.
*/